Today Annellice and Alexandra are two weeks old and are the talk of the Progressive Care Unit. All of the nurses think they "are so cute". We agree with extreme parental bias.
Gwynne has been going to the hospital twice a day to bottle feed the girls; I've been able to go once (they are on a bottle for 3 of their 8 daily feeds). We have been meeting with the feeding specialist each morning at 8a to learn the tricks of getting the girls to feed, as well as their bio-rhythms and signals that will alret us to when they are receptive to feeding, when they need burping, when they are tired, etc. It sure is different working with premies rather than full-term babies.
One of the best parts of the increase in bottle feedings is that we are able to hold the girls more often and for longer periods of time. We hold them for 30 minutes with the bottle and up to an hour afterward, and we can do that with each feeding we attend. We can also continue to kangaroo, though that has taken a bit of a back seat simply due to the restrictions of a 24-hour day.
This past Tuesday was the first day I didn't go to the hospital in the evening. Gwynne and I decided to take a selfish day to get some rest. We took solice in knowing the girls were in the hands of the best babysitters in Richmond and got some much needed R&R.
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